Worm burden in intestinal obstruction caused by Ascaris lumbricoides.
Examination of 24 case reports suggests the worm burden in those presenting to hospital with intestinal obstruction is > 60 and is about tenfold higher in fatal cases.
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Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK.
Guyatt
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Bundy
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D000818:Animals; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology*; D017164:Ascaris lumbricoides / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D011379:Prognosis